GRATITUD HELP US OVERCOME SADNESS (Proverbs 15:15). We often feel sad about what we lack, about what we haven’t achieved, but when we have a grateful heart, we can truly realize all that we have. When we acknowledge all that we have received, much of it undeserved, we can turn our sadness into joy, realizing how blessed we are.
GRATITUD ALLOW US TO SEE LIFE FROM ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE(Psalm 103:2). Surely we all know negative people, who always live complaining about everything, that nothing satisfies them, that everything seems to be wrong. In reality, this negativity does not come because of how bad their life is, but from the lack of gratitude that there is in their hearts. THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT LIFE OWES THEM, when in reality we are the debtors for so much kindness and so much mercy, that the Lord has had with us.
GRATITUD ALLOWS US TP RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE LOVED (1 Peter 2:9). Many people live in sadness and disappointment for not feeling loved and valued by someone. But when we are grateful to the Lord, for his salvation, for his love, for having taken us as children, for being our Father, for allowing us to be part of his family and his Kingdom, then we can recognize that we are truly loved and highly valued by our God. Stop crying over someone who doesn’t love you, if you have a God who loves you with an eternal love.
GRATITUD STRENGTHENS RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR FAMILY (1 Timothy 5:4). We need to understand something very important: gratitude must also be practiced with our family. As children, we must be grateful to our parents and reward them for their efforts and dedication to us. Likewise, we must practice gratitude with our neighbors. Giving thanks and expressing gratitude strengthens unity and brotherly love
Hi,
Having gratitude when multiple things are going wrong in your life, is unrealistic.
There is a time for complaining, and a time for thankfulness.
I have stood at God’s complaint window a few times and really let Him have it.
Then, after I am done, and have cooled off, I had to go back and apologize to God.
Not so much for what I said, but the way I said it, disrespectfully.
It took Paul a long time to learn to be content. (Phi 4:11)
As far as someone who complains all the time, about everything, have you ever stopped and thought about why they do that?
Everything in life cannot be wrong.
Yet for them, it is.
Why?
When someone is around a constant complainer, what does the average person do?
Probably tune the complainer out.
Which will prompt the “Nobody listens to me” complaint.
And that is the root complaint.
Nobody listens to them.
How would it make you feel if people did not respond to what you say?
Yeah, it hurts.
It hurts deep, and just adds to the loneliness.
Now tell that person have gratitude.
See, that’s way easier said than done.
So let’s cut people some slack.
People have to find the straight and narrow path and walk.
Sometimes they have to go through Complaintville to get there.
Blessings
Gratitude is something internal, and when you learn and practice it daily, it becomes a habit. It’s incredible how you can handle every situation. Of course, you can get angry and complain; we’re human, and God always listens. Our mistake is forgetting Him in that situation instead of asking for help. I’m even grateful for bad situations; my mistakes, complaints, sorrows, etc., have helped me grow, and thanks to that, I’m a better person.
Blessings to you too.
“Have an attitude of grattitude.” --Something a coach once told me, and something I’ve never forgotten. It had weight on young me, and it’s become a theme in “coaching” my kids as well.
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Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.